"Tsk, I can't believe you can eat this much. You're only at the sixth rank now, yet your appetite is already much larger than yours used to be."
Hun Changqing looked in surprise at the Scaled Serpent as it let out a hiss, clicking his tongue and speaking instinctively.
However, despite being surprised by the Scaled Serpent's massive appetite, Hun Changqing withdrew his finger back into his pitch-black sleeves, having no intention of letting the Scaled Serpent have another meal. This caused the Scaled Serpent's emerald-green pupils to reveal a trace of dissatisfaction, and it hissed and cried out toward Hun Changqing.
"Finish thoroughly refining the energy you just absorbed first. Eating too fast isn't good for digestion. Don't worry, you won't be short on food-I have plenty of Supreme Yin True Qi."
Hun Changqing merely smiled faintly at the Scaled Serpent's dissatisfaction, using his finger to gently stroke the tender scales atop its head as he spoke in a soft tone.
Feeling the comfortable and gentle touch on its head, the Scaled Serpent couldn't help but raise its little head and nuzzle against Hun Changqing's finger. At this moment, the look of dissatisfaction in its eyes gradually faded. Spitting out its reddish-tender snake tongue, it let out a hiss toward Hun Changqing to signal it understood. After that, its slender body wound itself around Hun Changqing's palm. Having struck a posture of utter comfort, its eyes slowly closed and it gradually drifted off to sleep.
"Can you not drag me into these completely meaningless comparisons with it no matter what happens?"
At that moment, Medusa, standing off to the side, spoke to Hun Changqing with displeasure upon seeing the Scaled Serpent fall asleep.
Hearing this, Hun Changqing glanced sideways at Medusa and spoke.
"I just said it eats more